Dictation memorandum-sheet.



N. G. DURAND. DICTATION MEMORANDUM SHEET.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 2, 1911,

1 ,098, 1 O0, Patented May 26, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

NELSON o. DURANI), or

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO NEW JERSEY PATENT COMPANY, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION 0F JERSEY.

I DICTATION MEMORA NDUM-SHEET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 2, 1911.

To all tokom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nelson C. DURAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Dictation Memorandum-Sheets, of which the following is a description] y invention relates to memorandum sheets adapted for use in connection with commercial talking machines. Sheets of this type have heretofore been made up .into

- pads and have been made of paper each sheet *of any suitable size being destroyed after a single use thereof. For this reason, these sheets have been conr paratively expensive and have caused considerable trouble in maintaining a suflicient stock or supply thereof on hand.

It is one of the objects of my invention to obviate these objections by the provision of a memorandum sheet so constructed as to be capable of use a large number of times.

. Another object of my invention is to provide an improx ed sheet of this character by which more, conveniently arranged instructions may be given to the transcriber as to the condition of the dictated work than has heretofore been possible.

Other objects of my invention will appear more fully in the following specification and appended claims.

In order that my invention may be better understood, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which- Figure 1 represents a plane or face view of a memorandum sheet embodying one form of my invention; and Fig. 2 repre sents a cross section thereof taken on the line 22- of Fig. 1.

The sheet which is illustrated in the drawing is formed of a central portion 1 of suitable material such as a. sheet of celluloid, adapted to receive printed matter, a transparent protective covering 2 of material impervious to moisture, such as a sheet of celluloid, superposed upon the face of the portion 1, and a backing 3 of a suitable fabric adapted to prevent cracking or breaking of the sheet duringflexure thereof. The memorandfimgshcetmay. obviously be made and shape, the parts 1, 2, and 3 thereof bei ggemented r othermemorandum or scale, lines .given to the transcriber.

wise secured together, pressure.

The portion 1 of my improved sheet carries adjacent the upper edge thereof, a representation 4 of the scale commonly placed on commercial talking machines to indicate the position of the recorder or reproducer with respect to the surface of the lank or record. (See U. S. Patent 772,485 to Weber and Hibbard). Below the scale 4 on sheet 1 is an area subdivided by a number of lines 5 parallel to the scale i into a plurality of spaces running parallel to the said scale and throughout the length thereof. Each of these spaces contains a stock phrase for designating the particular instruction to be noted therein. On one side of the scale and of the above named spaces, the sheet 1 has a numer of spaces for data identifying the record.

The stock phrases which are shown on the drawing are Length, Carbons, Corrections, Rush, Enclosures These phrases may, of course, be varied or replaced by others as is found more convenient. The data identifying the record for which a. special provision is made on the sheet as shown in the drawing, are the numbers of the rec- 0rd with which the memorandum is used and of the records from and to which the said record is continued. the person who dictated what is recorded upon the record, the person by whom the same is transcribed, and the date and hour.

In using the above memorandum, the dictator if, for example, he wishes to note that corrections have been made in a particular part of the record, draws a vertical line below the proper graduation on the scale in the space designated Corrections. In transcribing the record, the attention of the operator will accordingly be directed in advance by the memorandum to the place where the corrections are to be made; so that danger of mistakes is avoided. Similarly, if it is desired to rush a letter extending between two particular graduations on the are drawn under these graduations in the space marked Rush whereby the matter to be rushed will be conveniently indicated to the transcriber. In similar manner, various other instructions may be i In order to prepreferably under marking the sheet, I preferably erably used vent the pencil or other marlti r Iii-0m running overfrom one space to another in provide the up r member 2 with a plura it of ribs 6 located above the lines 5 in register therewith. As shown in the drawin the ribs extend into the member 1'. One 0 orandum sheets described above is prefwith each record cylinder, the sheet bein referably so proportioned as to be adapted or insertion into the bore of the cylinder. When the record has been transscribed, the marks thereon are deleted or cleaned oil with a moist cloth or other moistened device and the sheet inserted for reuse into the cylinder. This operation may be conveniently performed by the operator who shaves t e cylinder.

With my improved memorandum sheet, the operator has a vivid impression of the memorand'a to be noted in transcribing the record and the convenience of the person dictating is greatly increased. While I have shown the referred form of my improved devioe, it is obvious that many modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is as follows:

-1. A memorandum fo talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representation of the scale of the talkingmachine and having at one side of said representation an area subdivided by a number of parallel.

lines into a plurality of spaces extending parallel to said representation throughout the length of the same, each of said spaces bearing a stock phrase designating a memo randum to be noted therein, substantially as described.

2. A memorandum for talking machines, comprising a sheet of celluloid carrying the representation of the scale of the talking machine and properly designated spaces for entering data identifying the tal ing machine record, and the persons using the same, and having at oneside of said representation an area subdivided by a number of parallel lines into a plurality of spaces extending parallel to said representation throughout the length of the same, each of $21 spaces bearing a stock phrase for designating the memorandum to benoted therein, substahtially as described.

3. A memorandum jor talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representation of the scale of the talking machine and having at one side of said representation an area subdivided by a number I of parallel ribs into a plurality of spaces extending parallel to said representation throughout the ing a stock length ot the" same, each of said spaces bea rphrase for designating the memorandum to be noted therein, substantially as described.

the memof the same, substantially as comprising a cured to the face of sai said covering being formed with a plurality ,4. A memorandum iur talki g tiachines, comprising a sheet of celluloid can-yin the representation of the scale of the" machine-and having at one side; of sai representation an area subdivided by a number of parallel ribs into a plurality of spaces extending parallel to said represen' tation throughout the. length of the same, each of said spaces bearing a stock phrase for designating the memorandum to be noted therein, substantially as described.

5. A memorandum for talking machines,

sheet carryin the re resentation of the scale of the talking mac inc and having at one side of said re rcsentation an area subdivided b a num r of parallel lines into a plura ity of spaces extending throughout the length of said representation, each of said spaces bearing a stock phrase for designating the memorandum to be noted therein, and a protective covering of transparent material secured to the face of: said sheet over said representation, lines,

and stock phrases, substantially as described.

6. A memorandum for talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representation of the scale of the talking machine and having atone side of said representation an area subdivided by a number of parallel lines into a plurality of spaces extending throughout t e length of said representation, each of said spaces bearing a stock phrase for designating the memorandum to be noted therein, and a' protective covering of transparent material secured to'the face of said sheet, said covering being formed with a plurality of'ribs, in register with the lines on the said sheet, substantially as described.

7. A memorandum for talking machines. comprising a sheet carryin the reprmontation of the scale of the talkingmachine and having at one side of said representation an area subdivided by a number of parallel Ill lines into a plura ity of spaces extending throughout the length of said representation, each of said spaces bearing a stock phrase for designating the memorandum to be noted therein, and a covering of transparent material imperv'ous to moisture seof ribs in register with the lines on and sheet, and a fabric backing cemented to the first named sheet,

back of said sheet, substantially as described.

8. A memorandum for talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representation of the scale of the talking machine and having at one side of said representation an area subdivided by a number of parallel ribs into a plurality of spaces extendin parallel to'said representation throughout the length described.

: 9'. A memorandum for talking machines. comprising a sheet having on the face there. of the representation of the scale of the talking machine and at one side of said representation an" area for memoranda, a trans parent layer of protective material secured to and covering the face of said sheet, and a fabric backing secured to the back of said sheet, substantially as described.

10. A memorandum for talking machines,

- I comprising a sheet havin on the face thereof the representation 0 the scale of the t-alking machine and at one side of said representation an area for memoranda, a trans- .parent layer of celluloid secured to and covering the face ofsaid sheet, and a. fabric backing secured to the back'of said sheet, substantially as described.

11. A memorandum for talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representa- I tion of the scale of the talking machine and having at one side of said representation an area divided by a rib into a plurality of spaces extending parallel to said representation throughout the length of the same, sub- 2 stantially as described.

12. A memorandum for talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representation of the scale of the talking machine and having at one side of said representation an area divided by a rib into a plurality of spaces extending arallel to said representation throughout t 1e length of the same, each of said spaces bearing a stock phrase for designating the memorandum to be noted 3 therein, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 29th day of November 1911. i NELSON C. DURAND.

Witnesses:

' FREDERICK BACHMANN,

ANNA R. KLEHM. 

